Step Up / Step Down Respite Beds

Provision of 28 Adult Step Up / Step Down beds Provision of 17 Step Up and 11 Step Down beds withinthe City of Birmingham.

With appropriate consideration given to the delivering of care closest to home, adoptinga whole system approach.

Either sole provider or lead provider model are sort.

Step Up service provision will be for individuals know to Birmingham Solihull Mental Health FoundationTrusts(BSMHFT) and Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) services, presenting with a wide range of mentalissues, who are experiencing a mental health crisis an cannot manage at home, but are not in need of inpatienttreatment, Anticipated split of 9 male and 8 female beds.

Step down provision is for individuals who have completed acute care within a BSMHFT hospital and are readyto return to the community but are unprepared socially to leave hospital.

Anticipated split of beds 6 male and 5female beds Step Down provision is for individuals who have completed acute care within a BSMHFT hospitaland are ready to return to the community but are unprepared socially to leave hospital.